The modification of societies as a function
of population movements yields profound transformations of
the economical and socio-political contexts of numerous countries.
The question is whether these transformations lead to particular
changes into educational systems, into knowledge transmission,
with respect to knowledge content and to knowledge learning
processes. How to manage knowledge diversity and common knowledge,
socialisation diversity and common culture ? New propositions
emerge that aim at transforming the implicit and often «monocentric» perspective
of the school contract; These suggestions enhance approaches
based on plurality, on individual and collective resources
considered as components of the social process of learning
and knowledge acquisition. We will discuss the illusion of
homogeneous educational systems, by briefly analyzing the steps
schools (and perhaps even more research) of immigration countries
have gone through over the last 40 years.
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